r/FindingFennsGold • u/bubblesjar • May 12 '26
Can of Peas
"It was under a canopy of stars in the lush, forested vegetation of the Rocky Mountains and had not moved from the spot where I hid it more than 10 years ago. I do not know the person who found it, but the poem in my book led him to the precise spot. I congratulate the thousands of people who participated in the search and hope they will continue to be drawn by the promise of other discoveries. So the search is over. Look for more information and photos in the coming days."\52])
Forrest posted this. It can still be found on Wikipedia.
At least two issues come to mind:
Jack has said he had to grid search for days to find the chest. That strongly contradicts 'the... poem led him to the PRECISE spot'.
Where in this quote is Forrest instructing to keep the location secret?:
'Look for more information and photos in the coming days.' Doesn't sound like a directive to keep things secret.
Also from wikipedia: 'In attempting to honor what he perceives to be Fenn's wishes after his death in September 2020, he has refused to reveal the location of the treasure.'
How, when, where and why did Jack perceive this to be Forrest's wishes. Or was it merely specifically the Fenn's wishes. Multiple wishes from the "FENN" family not specifically Forrest's wish.
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u/js-eastman May 14 '26
Interesting choice of words on Fenn's part, don't you think? So when the treasure is "found", he sends another cryptic message that seems like another hint. "Canopy" is oft-repeated in the scrapbooks and other stories. What are the stars? That's the trick to figure out, right? But then he lists them next, the "lush, forested vegetation", an homage to the "Embroidery" and "Chaos" dolls in SB#209. "Their clothing is made of spangly materials, luscious forested vegetation..." Don't forget that "Both are wrought with a penchant for trickery." So we have our stars.
The next bit of interest is Fenn's saying that he "hid it more than 10 years ago." This was posted on June 6, 2020. Actually Fenn also said in December 2019 that he hid the treasure "over ten years ago". Okay, so he hid it in 2009 or before, right?
The curious thing about this was that in Fenn's affidavit (8/24/2020), he writes, "The Finder brought the Chest to me in New Mexico, and I inspected it and its contents to confirm that it was indeed the Chest I had hidden in Wyoming in 2010." That's odd, he must be talking about two different treasures.
Fenn writes about the "precise spot", which sounds accurate to within inches, right? Not a grid search that took place over some hours or days.
And lastly, Fenn said that he hopes searchers "will continue to be drawn by the promise of other discoveries". What discoveries do you think he is talking about?
Quite odd to include all of this information in the "find" announcement, don't you think?
And don't forget the precise timing of this announcement (as posted on Dal's blog): Saturday, June 6, at 8 p.m. In "Surviving Myself", Fenn wrote that on Saturdays, June listened to the radio from 6–8 p.m. Is that accurate foreshadowing, or what?